Episode Details

S04E40 Launch Dates, Protocols & Remakes

Season 4 Episode 40 Published 5 years, 10 months ago

Description

Settle in with a bit of eggnog as we bring you the Christmas tale of Australian television. It’s the final episode of TV Blackbox for 2020 and we have some tall tales to tell! We also welcome special guest producer to the stars Abbey Mikkelsen!

Each week the TV Blackbox team take you behind the scenes, wade through the PR spin and launch into the reality that is the Australian television business.

In this episode:

· 3.33 – Seven’s secret launch date for Holey Moley revealed

· 8.11 – Nine gets angry with Sam Mac from Sunrise

· 16.00 – Today claims key wins over Sunrise in the demos

· 22.55 – Netflix reboots Aussie drama Heartbreak High

· 35.15 – Nine wants Tennis Australia to pay up for delaying the start date of the Australian Open (even though it’s great news for Nine)

· 38.45 – Hatches & Dispatches

· 43.18 – We look at the big TV stories of 2020

· 51.54 – TV Blackvault

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